ARRAIGNMENT TODAY. HE IS NOW SUSPENDED FROM BOSTON COLLEGE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY THAT THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I'M GOING TO END IT IN A HOLE IN A FLOOR. THAT IS JUST NOT NOW I'M GOING OUT TODAY. IT WAS A CLOSE CALL FOR THAT BOSTON FIREFIGHTER BATTLING A MORNING HOUSE FIRE. NEWSCENTER5'S KIMBERLY BOOKMAN TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIS DRAMATIC MAYDAY CALL FOR HELP AND IS LIVE AT THE SCENE TONIGHT IN JAMAICA PLAIN. KIMBERLY? HE CAME HERE TO THIS HOUSE AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING RESPONDING TO A FIRE. BECAUSE OF THE EARLY HOUR HE THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE MAY BE TRAPPED INSIDE SO AS FIREFIGHTERS DO, HE WENT IN, PUTTING HIS OWN LIFE IN DANGER. MAY DAY. MAY DAY. THE EMERGENCY CALL FIREFIGHTERS NEVER WANT TO MAKE BUT EARLY THIS MORNING, 33-YEAR-OLD BOSTON FIRE LIEUTENANT RYAN McGOVERN SAID HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RADIO MAYDAY. I NEEDED HELP. I WAS IN A BAD POSITION. HE WAS WITH ENGINE 28, THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AT THE BURNING HOME ON POND CIRCLE IN JAMAICA PLAINS. HE WENT IN LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE BUT BECAME TRAPPED HIMSELF. ALMOST IN SLOW MOTION I FELT THE FLOOR CRACK, CRACK, GIVE WAY. HE FELL PARTIALLY INTO THIS THREE BY SIX FOOT HOLE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY AND THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I'M GOING TO END IT IN A HOLE IN A FLOOR. HA IS NOT NOW I'M GOING OUT. HE RIOD MAYDAY. IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. HE PRESSED THE EMERGENCY ALERT BUTTON. LOOKING FOR AN ENGINE 28 OFFICER. THEY CALLED IN THE TEAM TO FIND McGOVERN. IN THE FIVE MINUTES THAT PASSED, HE MANAGED TO PULL HIMSELF OUT. 75% OF HIS RIGHT THIGH IS BURNED AND HE HAS SECOND AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS ON HIS WRIST AND FINGER TIPS. BUT HE IS ALIVE AND PLANS TO CELEBRATE IT THIS THANKSGIVING. THANKFULLY I'M A RIGHTY SO I CAN STILL EAT TURKEY. A HAPPY ENDING TO THE STORY. AND WE ALSO ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE HOME HERE ON POND CIRCLE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. EVERYONE IS SAFE AND SOUND. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.